reach an understanding with

reach an understanding with someone

and come to an understanding (with someone)

to achieve a settlement or an agreement with someone. I hope we are able to reach an understanding with the commissioners. We were able to reach an understanding with Tony.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Humphrey	HUM-free	English
Finch	[fintʃ]
Jodocus	yo-DO-kəs (Dutch)	Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Celtic (Latinized)
Samuli	SAH-moo-lee	Finnish
DÓNal	-	Irish
Stanka	-	Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian